AlexKzillion: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS DISCUSSION

AlexKzillion 04.16.25	is this the thunder's year?
Rowhaus 04.16.25	Shai needs a ring. Bro has earned it tenfold at this point.
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.25	17 years or whatever of Thundering up and Im going crazy with anticipation. I wish i lived closer to okc and could afford those $95 bleacher tickets. Cheapest package for 2 playoff tickets at top after fees from OG thunder not resale are $254.) The resale prices are insane. $650 a ticket!!!!
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.25	Really im not that far but no car for that lol. Itll be lit here in Tulsa too
Hyperion1001 04.16.25	pretty much all the first round matchups look great except for the 1-8’s which will definitely be 4-0. I got clips, rockets, wolves in the west and pistons and magic in the east. don’t really care about the rest even if the games will be entertaining.
Hyperion1001 04.16.25	oh and cavs in the east but they’re gonna obliterate whoever they matchup.
Hawks 04.16.25	NBA sucks tbh lol.
Calc 04.16.25	glad Ja the clown got booted yesterday. him fumbling the bag the way he's doing so he can cosplay a gangster is soo annoying to watch. an iota of discipline would do wonders for his future.
Hyperion1001 04.16.25	that pistol be talkin to ja like the green goblin mask lmao.
SteakByrnes 04.16.25	Go Thunder, and if they lose, go Nugs
Calc 04.16.25	also wtf Harden has never missed the playoffs in his entire career? that's wild. and as a SA fan I like Kawhi so go clippers
Hyperion1001 04.16.25	harden has never won a champ but i honestly feel like he’s had a better career than KD and will be remembered more fondly which is crazy to think.
AlexKzillion 04.16.25	wait when did the harden face turn happen?
SteakByrnes 04.16.25	Better career than KD is pretty crazy to say, I don't agree. KD has had such an insane career, he's one of the best scorers of all time from all over the court, underrated defender especially in his thunder days, he actually shows up in the playoffs, has won championships, etc. Harden is and has been a phenomenal player, but I can't put him above KD lol
Rowhaus 04.16.25	Lakers-Wolves should be a serious battle. Curious to see how Randle fares against Hachimura and how Ant does facing Luka again lol. Clips should also be fierce since Kawhi is locked in. Think the west is about to be a bloodbath and I'm all for it.
ReefaJones 04.16.25	As a Nuggets fan I'm not feeling confident this year lol. Clippers are playing like the best team in the league for the last month. Tough first round for us
Hyperion1001 04.16.25	nuggets without jokic are a sub 20 win team in the west so yeah I wouldn’t feel great about that either
ReefaJones 04.16.25	Still think we can beat them if Jamal and MPJ perform though MPJ has been shit since the All Star break and Murray is coming off an injury. If everything clicks we can still beat any team in the league besides the Wolves who somehow have our number
YoYoMancuso 04.16.25	Joy to the world Minnesota gets to match up against the Los Angeles Refs
Calc 04.16.25	Kawhi can, and probably will, get hurt again so if that happens I wouldn't be too surprised if the Nugs won but that's as far as they'd go this year.
ReefaJones 04.16.25	Again that depends on if Bubble Murray shows up. We can absolutely beat the Thunder if that is the case
Purpl3Spartan 04.16.25	KINGS ARE WINNING IT ALL BEST TEAM IN NBA HISTORY
tectactoe 04.16.25	I don't expect them to go far, but I'm proud of my Pistons this year and how quickly they went from being literally historically bad, laughing stock of the league, to a legit playoff team in just one year. Hats off to Trajan Langdon and J.B. Bickerstaff (and I suppose Tom Gores for finally having the balls to admit he doesn't know wtf he's doing and actually hiring people that do). They were such a fun team to watch all year this year.
Slex 04.16.25	Go Pistons
Rowhaus 04.16.25	"Tom Gores for finally having the balls to admit he doesn't know wtf he's doing and actually hiring people that do" If only more owners could take note, especially Ishbia and Ranadivé
tectactoe 04.16.25	Pistons +7.5 does seem a bit high considering they won the regular season series against the Knicks. I guess in playoff ball none of that jazz matters eh.
0GuyMan0 04.16.25	I have a feeling Boston is gonna break a lot of hearts this year. I'm hoping OKC as well, and they have the best shot since 2016, but ahhhh idk man I'm not sure we're there. Clippers, assuming Kawhi plays, are a serious threat. Harden looks good lately and Z is fantastic. I'm feeling an upset in round 1. It's unlikely for the Lakers, but the sky is the limit when you have the kind of greatness in two players that they have. You never know...
Rowhaus 04.16.25	I think the biggest oddball in the west is the Warriors. I figured they'd get a boost with Butler but they've far exceeded my expectations. Definitely a hard team to figure out. That'll be a fun matchup vs. Houston, but a Lakers-Warriors series would rock the world. God I'd love to see that.
Futures 04.16.25	go bucks. at least giannis is healthy that's all i care about. but another year without a top option (dame) in the playoffs sucks. giannis has been on a unreal tear so i think they get by the pacers. roster is completely fucked, prob just trade dame in the offseason if you can anyway. so sad it didn't work out. also giannis is so tired of the disrespect. him being an afterthought in mvp after having one of the most efficient seasons in nba history along with being an amazing defender is sickening. without giannis the bucks win 25 games. giannis>jokic
ReefaJones 04.16.25	"giannis>jokic" wrong. He is a generational player though and should be mentioned more in these conversations but Jokic is the best player in the world.
Futures 04.16.25	giannis is a better scorer, jokic is a better playmaker but giannis is undoubtedly a infinitely better defender which should be the difference maker. he actually plays both ways unlike jokic the fat traffic cone. giannis gets no credit for whatever reason. it makes no sense. not giannis's fault that dame didn't work out and he got injured in the playoffs the last few years. nba discussion being so focused on stupid narratives is just the worst.
YoYoMancuso 04.16.25	Pistons literally had the greatest single season turnaround in NBA history hell yeah you should be proud of them
ReefaJones 04.16.25	Giannis can be the better defender and still not be the better player overall. Jokic is top 3 in 4 out of the 5 major categories this season, something no one in the history of the nba has even come close to.
Storm In A Teacup 04.16.25	Giannis shot 60% this year 🤯
Calc 04.16.25	not hard when you dunk all the time
ReefaJones 04.16.25	Jokic shooting 42% from 3 this season while having attempted a record number of heaves is a crazy stat
Eakflanderyof 04.16.25	"giannis is a better scorer" They're roughly the same in terms of scoring ability only jokic is a more well rounded scorer. Giannis isn't a great shooter. And if he got called for charges more often some of those points are going away lol. Jokic also has far better playmaking ability. Giannis is a way better defender but I'd argue jokic's offensive ability is a good bit better than giannis
Hyperion1001 04.16.25	the eye test is the best way to evaluate spprts and when I see jokic play I think “wow” and when I see giannis play I think “wow” but not as much.
Futures 04.16.25	difference is giannis is not just a better defender he's actually elite and jokic is a bum on defense. it absolutely matters, it's literally half the game. the way people talk about giannis is insane. he's playing even better than he was when he won his mvp's but he has to average 50 points a game to get in the mix again i guess. and if everyone could dunk all the time they would lol. such lazy dumb criticism for a generational player. he's too strong and fast!!!
Futures 04.16.25	giannis can take over games in a way that jokic does not. that is singlehandedly.
ReefaJones 04.16.25	Lol what
Futures 04.16.25	people really have forgotten how good giannis is because he's been hurt in the playoffs last two seasons lol. if khris doesn't get hurt in 22 he has two rings.
ReefaJones 04.16.25	lmao
Futures 04.16.25	https://x.com/Giannis_An34/status/1656031986731941889?lang=en
Eakflanderyof 04.16.25	Jokic isn't as terrible as people say on defense but yeah... he's no shaq. But let's look at BPM if we want more detail. Jokic has a better BPM despite a MUCH worse supporting cast
Futures 04.16.25	the bucks supporting cast is a bunch of ancient bums lol. brook lopez moves about as fast an 80 year old man. dame is a washed chucker now when he plays.
unclereich 04.16.25	Go dubs. Can’t believe after all these years I’m terrified of the clippers again. Those cp3/griffin teams were a nightmare
YoYoMancuso 04.16.25	"giannis can take over games in a way that jokic does not. that is singlehandedly." Erik Spoelstra has made him look absolutely sorry in the playoffs on two separate occasions
Futures 04.16.25	the bubble does not count lol and he was rushed back from injury in 23
SteakByrnes 04.16.25	I am a gigachad because I like giannis and jokic a lot, both are otherworldly
Futures 04.16.25	i like jokic! just tired of people acting like giannis is so far behind him.
ReefaJones 04.16.25	Nobody said he's far behind him. We're just saying he's behind him
Futures 04.16.25	he's not. i'll say equal. i'm just tired of giannis not getting his respect.
ReefaJones 04.16.25	k
Futures 04.16.25	yeah
Futures 04.16.25	btw i am thanasis antetokounmpo
Eakflanderyof 04.16.25	Lol giannis is a two time MVP though. Also, you can't be him because I'm actually Thanasis Antetokounmpo
ReefaJones 04.17.25	Je Suis Antetokounmpo
Futures 04.17.25	we all agree the play in tournament is an abomination right? god i hate adam silver.
unclereich 04.17.25	dude looks like a ghoul
Futures 04.17.25	dude looks like the alien from men in black
Shamus248 04.17.25	Shannon Sharpe once said Atlanta Hawks Tuah of Hawks Sputnik user named Hawks Lakers in 5 🖐
Shamus248 04.17.25	And yes the play in is ridiculous. Previous format was perfect
Shamus248 04.17.25	"that pistol be talkin to ja like the green goblin mask" Lmfao that's fucking great
StormChaser 04.17.25	oh lfg i made one of these in 2022 and my warriors actually fucking won that year! there are some interesting first rounders, but not too many this year imo. In the east, I'll be watching Detroit - Knicks, I'm interested if the Pistons can pull off a long series. As for the west, fuck the Lakers and their fucking privileged lucky asses, I will be a very happy fan once they're bounced (highly doubt it'll be by the Wolves though). But the real stuff worth looking at is Denver - LA and Houston - GS. I got the Nuggets in 7 (fuck Kawhi and Harden, love me some big Zu and Norm tho). As for Houston - GS I'll go Warriors in 6. Though you could convince me both of those could go the other way as well. As for the Jokic conversation, if you watch the games, dude is head and shoulders above literally everyone (in arguably the most competitive period the league has ever had). MVP or no, he's by far the best player. Sure he's not a defensive savant, but to be fair he doesn't even try this year that much because of the load offensively. You can't expect the dude to have 60 point triple doubles or 30-20-20s and put up amazing defensive performances, nobody could ever do that.
Manatea 04.17.25	I’m going to lakers wolves game 5 (if there is a game 5…) will be my first ever NBA game Wife got tickets for our anniversary gift
StormChaser 04.17.25	oh nice manatea! fuck the Lakers and may they fumble terribly, but still want you to have a blast!
AlexKzillion 04.17.25	"oh lfg i made one of these in 2022 and my warriors actually fucking won that year!" yeah def a lot of NBAholes on here i think even moreso than football fans (looks like the 2023 thread got 1600 comments over the course of those playoffs lmao). i've pretty much entirely checked out of the regular season but still follow on twitter/podcasts. playoff basketball is still must watch tv tho
AlexKzillion 04.17.25	all these series seem pretty entertaining besides celtics/magic and whatever the 1v8s end up being
Manatea 04.17.25	@stormchaser kinda sucks being an LA native sometimes because i know that everyone absolutely hates all of my teams except for the Rams Don’t care though LFG LAKERS GET IT DONE
Hyperion1001 04.17.25	you can always root for the clips, if kawhi is healthy they’re the best team in the nba right now.
ReefaJones 04.17.25	Hope the Mavs make it to the playoffs. I think they could take 1 or 2 games from OKC with their size. The Grizzlies would just get swept
SteakByrnes 04.17.25	I hope the mavs get destroyed personally
ReefaJones 04.17.25	I wouldn't care if we didn't have to face OKC in the 2nd round (if we beat the Clippers). So every game OKC loses means less rest for them.
Storm In A Teacup 04.17.25	Nvm i was wromg
BigTuna 04.17.25	I'm a huge Pistons fan so this season has been a joy. Playing with house money at this point. Definitely not ready to predict a series win, but we'll give the Knicks some trouble. I just want to see a decent Cade performance for the whole series, win or lose.
Rowhaus 04.17.25	"I hope the mavs get destroyed personally" [2] My third least fave in the running behind Lakers and Warriors. Then again I'm just bitter because my Suns are a futureless dumpster fire. Hope OKC takes the whole thing.
tectactoe 04.17.25	everything BigTuna said [2]
Rowhaus 04.17.25	All the respect in the world to the Pistons for turning that franchise around on a dime. Never seen anything like it. Hope y'all go far
Futures 04.17.25	dame cleared hmmmm
Storm In A Teacup 04.17.25	Oh shit
StormChaser 04.17.25	I think Cade will have a rough series cuz no one else can create on that team, but we haven't really seem this iteration od the Knicks do anything special either. Probably the only first round series in the east I'll watch tho. Btw off topic, but do any of you guys play fantasy bball and was there ever an initiative to get a sput league going or something?
Futures 04.17.25	i played last year with some friends just hard to find active people committed to the grind. i'd be down next year for sure.
Storm In A Teacup 04.18.25	Id be down too
StormChaser 04.18.25	yeah I hear you Futures, I've been in a couple of fantasy groups these past 5-6 years but the experience was always marred by people not caring halfway through so I'm kinda looking for alternatives. a sput league sounds like it could be really fun if people are down and at least give minimal effort for the entire season. Great, I'm def down, so that makes at least 3 of us for now. it's a bit too early since this season just ended. Think I'll make a thread sometime around September and try to get other peeps involved. You guys play on Yahoo? Points or cat? I never played points and prefer cat, but I just wanna have a decent playgroup honestly
BigTuna 04.18.25	Storm I think you may possibly be right, but that’s also why I think Schroeder could have an important role to play in the series. Cade plays off the ball when they’re in together and that poses a nice offensive wrinkle.
Hyperion1001 04.18.25	go grizz ja stay away from them guns my man. no one cares about the heat and hawks tho.
Eakflanderyof 04.18.25	Being a hawks fan sucks so much lol. It actually looked like we were starting to be good this year and then Jalen Johnson got injured and we traded away Deandre Hunter for a bunch of bums
EyesWideShut 04.18.25	Storm how many more 1st round picks does the Thunder have ??
EyesWideShut 04.18.25	Win or lose Spo will say "We Have Enough"
Futures 04.19.25	i think categories is definitely preferable for fantasy also god these grizzlies throwbacks are top tier. 90s designs are so peak.
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	defense wins championships huh nico?
Futures 04.19.25	uh oh
ReefaJones 04.19.25	"defense wins championships huh nico?" I mean they're missing Kyrie. Not really a point to make when they're missing their point guard & 2nd best player
Futures 04.19.25	ad is doing his part too, everyone else is awful lol. he is trying to carry. still an awful trade though of course.
Futures 04.19.25	a predictable rip to ad again
StormChaser 04.19.25	i mean there's no defending the man, but this playin exit is the least of their problems i think the only real explanation for that trade is that pelinka had some serious dirt on harrison, or someone else did and blackmailed him. i mean not even this guy can be so delusional as to think there wouldn't be life and franchise altering consequences from a trade like this, no matter how detached and self-centered he may be. he HAD to know what the backlash would be
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	luka had to have cucked him or something because the man absolutely despises him.
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	also the real playoffs starts today hell yeah go pacers go clippers go pistons go wolves
nash1311 04.19.25	Playoffs today lfggggggg
Eakflanderyof 04.19.25	That trade obviously was forced by ownership. Either the ownership wants to move the team or the NBA wanted luka in LA. But also, with a healthy AD and kyrie, I think they could've made some noise in the playoffs
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	yeah but “healthy Kyrie and AD” is doing a lot of heavy lifting considering one blew his ACL and the other is known as “street clothes” lmao
Storm In A Teacup 04.19.25	Thunder up yay
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	honestly im not a fan of the thunder I hope they get exposed. i think they’re too small to make it.
nash1311 04.19.25	I’m typically not a hater, but I too hope they get exposed. They’re kinda annoyingly cocky considering they’ve done nothing but win regular season games. Even if I like many of the players in a vacuum
Futures 04.19.25	go bucks
Futures 04.19.25	giannis and a bunch of bums
DDDeftoneDDD 04.19.25	Noone believes in what the Lakers can do, and I will laugh!
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	oh my god bucks lmao
Futures 04.19.25	can't wait to blow up this roster of ancient fucking losers.
YoYoMancuso 04.19.25	Why exactly did these people think trading for Lyle Luzma was a good idea?
nash1311 04.19.25	Poor Giannis man. Dude absolutely going off and they’re down 25 😭
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	there was a post earlier this week on r/nba for least valuable player and according to the advanced stats kuzma is one of the top 5 net negative players in the league lmao
Futures 04.19.25	the trade was fine for the upside since kuzma can move and has been playing alright defense. middleton is beyond cooked and with brook playing so much the defense was unplayably bad
ReefaJones 04.19.25	Let's go Nugs
nash1311 04.19.25	Holy hell I realize Kuzma basically got benched but 0 pts rebounds and assists in a playoff game is traaaaaaaaash
Eakflanderyof 04.19.25	FT merchant harden foulbaiting on every shot. Tbf i think a couple have been fouls lol
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	it ain’t working though they only have like 10 free throws
Futures 04.19.25	good value bet would be clippers to win the west
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	i love kawhi but I ain’t betting on anything with that knee of his
Futures 04.19.25	def but that's why it's value! if he's actually healthy then they are a real contender.
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	hahaha I knew the second he popped up from that he was gettin a tech he popped up like undertaker lmao
Eakflanderyof 04.19.25	Rarely see jokic get that pissed off lol
Futures 04.19.25	kawhi is really trying to give this game away
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	yeah he ain’t playin great
Eakflanderyof 04.19.25	If this goes to ot or nugs lose by 1 that tech will loom pretty large
unclereich 04.19.25	westbrook LOLOLOL
Futures 04.19.25	westbrick clutch 3 to that lol
Eakflanderyof 04.19.25	Dumbest player in the nba easily
Eakflanderyof 04.19.25	Russ should always be off the court when the game is in the balance. Always wants to play hero ball
unclereich 04.19.25	fuck the clippers
ReefaJones 04.19.25	LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO BESTBROOOOOOK
Hyperion1001 04.19.25	go pistons!
Futures 04.20.25	damn what a collapse
Hyperion1001 04.20.25	yeah knicks experience is taking over
Eakflanderyof 04.20.25	Here we go with the lakers playoff whistle. Every time they drive to the basket any contact is called a foul
unclereich 04.20.25	Playoff whistle? They get it every single game lol
Eakflanderyof 04.20.25	True. I just don't watch many lakers games until the playoffs
Hyperion1001 04.20.25	really didn’t expect this one to be a blowout. wolves are hounding doncic and he ain’t handling it well.
nash1311 04.20.25	Lakers are literally trash outside Doncic Lebron and AR I have no idea how they landed a 3 seed. Fully expect Wolves to win that series
unclereich 04.20.25	Fakers needed ad tn
YoYoMancuso 04.20.25	WOLVES BACK MFS
YoYoMancuso 04.20.25	Pistons are here a year ahead of schedule. Growing pains like that game 1 collapse are necessary to give young teams a competitive fire
Storm In A Teacup 04.20.25	Fakers needed ad tn (2)
StormChaser 04.20.25	beautiful start to the playoffs, both LA teams down 1. Lakers getting clowned on their homecourt was beautiful to watch. also loved kyle luzma's thon maker impersonation, a brilliant display of why no serious team should ever consider that clown again. sorry Futures, Middleton is beyond cooked yes, but getting Kuzma is literally worse than not getting anyone back. they COULD'VE done better. kevin porter jr being a key cog in that machine also means there's almost no way they're getting to the second round. shame, love me some Giannis, sad to see the bucks become such a rat team
EyesWideShut 04.20.25	I feel bad for my broski Dame
Hyperion1001 04.20.25	go magic go cavs go grizz go rockets
AlexKzillion 04.20.25	first time watching a pistons game all season last night. as someone whose nba consumption peaked in 2020 it was absolutely incredible to see that team essentially be assembled of cade, amen, and like 8 other role players i recognize as dudes who were largely disappointing on other teams playing really well now (4th qtr aside). really cool story
Hyperion1001 04.20.25	yeah i kinda had a feeling this is how the 8-1's would play out lmao
Hyperion1001 04.20.25	they should just give ja a gun like that dude at the beginning of the last boy scout lmao
StormChaser 04.20.25	I thought Memphis would have some fight in them. tbd ig but it doesn't look very promising
StormChaser 04.20.25	oh and yeah the pistons are a great story, especially after exorcising their last season led by that hack monty williams
nash1311 04.21.25	Monty is not a good coach that’s why we Pels fired him and no one has learned yet lmao
Futures 04.21.25	getting rid of middleton was also important for cap reasons to get under the second apron. even though it probably didn't work out i'm completely fine with it, middleton is just a spot up jump shooter now who can't move. kpj is actually a very valuable piece and has been the second best player besides giannis to close the season. he needs to start instead of prince. i wanted them to get jim butt but guess they were never in the running.
YoYoMancuso 04.21.25	so how long until we accept the inevitability of the Thunder?
Hyperion1001 04.21.25	never. also what a dud of a day.
MetalMarcJK 04.21.25	THUNDER UP! LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOO!
Eakflanderyof 04.21.25	Rocketa warriors game getting interesting. They're embarrassing gs on the offensive boards
MetalMarcJK 04.21.25	”Go Thunder, and if they lose, go Nugs” — SteakByrnes [2]
MetalMarcJK 04.21.25	Kuzma’s zero-stat game...LMAO! He basically loitered on the court.
Hyperion1001 04.21.25	it’s wild how much I dislike Steve Kerr
YoYoMancuso 04.21.25	Heat Cavs was good until the 4th
Rowhaus 04.21.25	"it’s wild how much I dislike Steve Kerr" [2] Draymond Green too. Steph is also him tbh
Hyperion1001 04.21.25	if rockets are gonna be competitive this series they gotta bench FVV I’ve seen textile mills with less bricks than that dude
BallsToTheWall 04.21.25	^ that’s a real knee slapper.
Rowhaus 04.21.25	Sengun really needed some help last night smh
StormChaser 04.21.25	curious, why would you guys dislike steve? thought the warriors had the rockets in a straight jacket for most of the game. the size and rebounding problems the dubs have could be a bit of a problem in this series tho.
StormChaser 04.21.25	Futures, you're making my point for me. If KPJ is your second most valuable player (not counting Dame I assume because he was out), then you have yourselves a humongous problem
Futures 04.21.25	well of course it's not ideal, that problem is worse if a cooked middleton who can't move or play defense is your second best player lol. there were no moves the bucks really could've made, this is the best they could've done. no way you think standing pat would've been a better option. and dame coming back with kpj clicking is absolutely an upgrade over middleton. last 10 games of the regular season he averaged 16, 5 and 5 and is young and athletic. that said as i said previously the roster needs to be blown up anyway, this team isn't sniffing a title.
StormChaser 04.21.25	unfortunately i agree with the blow it up thing. but man, bigging up KPJ is whack, dude's not good at all I'm afraid. not gonna push the point further as this has got to be the most I've talked and will talk about dude. i can get behind the notion that there's nothing better you can do (still stand by the argument that it's better to not play Middleton than to go and get Kuzma as a return) and the notion that you had to do something, but that was all kind of self inflicted. why did you guys get rid of jrue holiday again? to get the amazing "i never play D"ame Lillard in his mid thirties? i hated that move man, and obviously they should've shopped middleton and not holiday. i guess it's easy to do revisionist history and you could say Jrue isn't the same Jrue from '21. I'm just not a Dame fan at all
Futures 04.21.25	yeah kpj is a shithead doesn't mean he isn't a good player right now. i have no defense of his character other than i hope he has changed. meh dame was worth the gamble. jrue had a ceiling as a 3rd option and with khris becoming a corpse it was the right move. the celtics are a perfect spot for him, he's like the 5th option and can just lock in and play defense and facilitate. jrue in that heat series was just abysmal and made it obvious there was a cap on what the bucks could do. middleton had no market with his constant injuries. dame just didn't work out but i think everyone wanted to see giannis with an incredible shooter and actual star, just didn't mesh with both needing the ball. he's also shown his age a bit earlier which has sucked. that said go dame go bucks.
SteakByrnes 04.21.25	replacing jrue with dame was stupid back then and its still stupid now
Futures 04.21.25	do not agree, any bucks fan will tell you
nash1311 04.21.25	As a Pels fan, I will back that Jrue cannot be a top option he’s just a mega legit cog in the wheel. He’s perfect in Boston but you cannot rely on him as a top 2
ShadowRemains 04.21.25	the thunder are good /analysis
Eakflanderyof 04.21.25	Sga has an off night and okc wins by 50. That doesn't happen if jokic sucks
StormChaser 04.22.25	you know what else doesn't happen? Jokic sucking
Storm In A Teacup 04.22.25	You know what else doesnt happen? Okc being given free throws all year long.
AlexKzillion 04.22.25	loving the knicks pistons series so far
Hyperion1001 04.22.25	i knew Brunson was degenerate flopper but I didn’t expect jokic to go down that route. luckily clippers only have ethical hoopers like kawhi and checks notes James harden.
ReefaJones 04.22.25	Kahwi played like a basketball god last night can't even be mad
Piglet 04.22.25	methinks the gud players are gud and the gud teams are gud. das my yap
AlexKzillion 04.22.25	would've loved to watch nugs/clippers but EST boys gotta sleep lol wish i was still in college
Rowhaus 04.22.25	"i knew Brunson was degenerate flopper but I didn’t expect jokic to go down that route." Bro went full fish mode last night. Fucking lost it in late Q4 where he oversold off Harden's shoulder lmao
BigTuna 04.22.25	I'm a Pistons fan so I'm thrilled after last night's win, but if I were a Knicks fan I'd be really annoyed with Brunson and Thibodeau. Seems they got caught up in their frustration and totally forgot about KAT and the mismatch he had against TOBIAS HARRIS. I think the Pistons want the Knicks to forget they have better players and double-down on the heliocentric stuff.
Eakflanderyof 04.23.25	Ja sucks. Gutless
Hyperion1001 04.23.25	every game i wanna watch is at 10 fuckin 30 i got work in the morning man
Manatea 04.23.25	GAME 5 CONFIRMED I WILL BE AT CRYPTO ARENA LFGGGGGGGGGG
StormChaser 04.23.25	I honestly can't believe with how much on-paper talent the Knicks have that they look as amateurish as they do. At this point it has to be the coaching that's the problem, because Mikal Bridges devolved into yolk and Brunson is still handling the ball as if he were playing with 3rd stringers. And that's not taking into account all the bullshit minutes decisions throughout the regular season that's definitely a perennial Thibs thing. Get the dude outta there he's washed and he's bad for the team. Good for ya Tuna, love how gritty the Pistons are and Cade is a legit dude now. Ja is a freaking clown, always was, always will be. He's all style and no substance, all bark no bite, fuck him and his bitch ass antics, glad they'll get swept, hate this iteration of the Grizz, but looks like it'll be blowup time so yay. YAYYY Manatea really happy for ya mate! (fuck the Lakers I hope they choke mightily) Alex and Hype, imagine being a European then, most games don't start before 1 AM here, so if there's a game that I wanna watch, I can't fucking open Whatsapp or social media before the evening next day if I don't wanna spoil the results. Bless Sundays tho
Eakflanderyof 04.23.25	Hilarious to see lakers fans constantly complaining that the refs are biased against them while getting the most free throws every single year since lebron arrived lol
Hyperion1001 04.23.25	when you’re privileged, being treated fairly feels like discrimination.
Manatea 04.23.25	I’ve never been to a basketball game and I’m pumped Also lakers hate fuels my passion
Rowhaus 04.23.25	Have fun bro! There's nothing like attending a playoff game. The atmosphere is always electric. I'm still rooting for the wolves tho lol
Manatea 04.24.25	Can’t blame you lol. I guess part of the downside of being born and raised in la is rooting for universally hated teams
Eakflanderyof 04.24.25	Up until recently, I'd say only the lakers were universally hated. But then dodgers ownership decided they're going to pay a billion dollars to every superstar free agent that hits the market. Pretty hard not to hate that if you're outside of LA lol
Manatea 04.24.25	And the worst part about all of this is that LA fans are so terribly wishy-washy and fair weather that it almost feels like the ownership of both teams do these things just to stay relevant in their own market… ANYWAY next Wednesday should be fun :D
Hyperion1001 04.24.25	pistons arena is so fuckin loud man
Hyperion1001 04.24.25	man fuck jalen brunson
StormChaser 04.25.25	Wow what happened in LA yesterday JIMMY DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING GOD YES WE'RE ALIVE LET'S GO WAAAAARRIORS can't hear you fuckers WAAAAAAAAAARRIOOOOOOOOORRRRRSSSSSSS
tectactoe 04.25.25	FUCKING PISTONS GODDAMNIT I'd almost rather just get annihilated than have legit hope ripped away from me with a brilliant comeback that fell just short. ugh. I mean I know I have no real reason to be disappointed since we theoretically shouldn't even be in the playoffs this year after being arguably the worst team in NBA history just one year ago. But man, these close losses are killing me.
SteakByrnes 04.25.25	Grizzlies gotta feel broken after that loss, Thunder got protagonist come from behind plot armor on them this is a championship bound team
Futures 04.26.25	gary trent legacy game a perfect summation of everything going wrong but shoutout gary trent, what a baller. still think they lose this series though lol.
nash1311 04.26.25	Wow. Dame Lopez and Porter were all hot garbage and they won by 16. Could actually make a run at it
Futures 04.26.25	lame time is a loser he won't show up
YoYoMancuso 04.26.25	The Los Angeles Lakers are proof of Satan’s existence
MetalMarcJK 04.26.25	> Thunder got protagonist come from behind plot armor on them this is a championship bound team Yep. They got stop getting outplayed in the first half, though. > The Los Angeles Lakers are proof of Satan’s existence LMAO! Solid proof.
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.25	If Satan is a fake pretentious bitch then yeah that sounds like the Lakers
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.25	As soon as Ja was hurt I was like OMG we are gonna win 🤮😭
Storm In A Teacup 04.26.25	Yay!!!!! Thunder UP! Game 4 is early tomorrow. Sweep???
YoYoMancuso 04.26.25	^ almost certainly
nash1311 04.26.25	Ja not playing so yes guaranteed sweep lol
troyofyort 04.26.25	Man nmthe next wolves lakers games are gonna see the worst reffing of all time to keep sebum and Puka in it
YoYoMancuso 04.26.25	Edwards already attempted 0 free throws in game 3, not sure how it could get much worse than that
troyofyort 04.26.25	If they try to play any defense game 4 the whole team will be ejected from fouls.
Eakflanderyof 04.26.25	Kinda funny the clips have a core of guys who the last few years have been all injured/washed but now are all kinda playing more like their former selves
Futures 04.27.25	holy shit
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	crazy
SteakByrnes 04.27.25	holy shitamole dude lmao
nash1311 04.27.25	I hope we’re talking about that nuggets walk off cause that was incredible
unclereich 04.27.25	no jimmy no problem dubs in 6
RosaParks 04.27.25	Pistons r gonna beat lakers in 4 for the title
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	I don't think the ball was out of aaron gordon's hand completely before the buzzer but that was too beautiful to overturn. NBA gonna use that for highlights for years to come lol
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	Steph was also insane last night
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	pistons like 3/20 on threes and still winning. Knicks gonna knick.
hal1ax 04.27.25	so many banger games already fckkk
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	KAT celebrating was annoying as fuck. Go pistons!
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	that was 1000% a foul man fuck that
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	Oh yeah, no doubt on that one. Sucks they fucked their challenge early
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	can you even challenge a no call?
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	Oh yeah lol. Can't do that
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	Should at least review controversial plays at the end of the game. I'm sure nba doesn't want a game like that to end in free throws though either
hal1ax 04.27.25	luka needs to wake up
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	Nico was right!
Eakflanderyof 04.27.25	Lebron gonna have 20 FT by the end
StormChaser 04.27.25	my 2 cents on the hardaway no-call is steph doesn't get that call like 2-3 times per game so what can you do. nobody wants a game to be decided by a foul call in the last second
StormChaser 04.27.25	yeah lakers getting that whiste in minnesota imagine what'll happen when the series goes back to LA
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	boy do i hate the fuckin lakers
Hyperion1001 04.27.25	GO WOLVES
StormChaser 04.27.25	i hate the fucking lakers too and am delighted they lost, but ngl I'd like them in the second round over the wolves as a gs fan so this has me worried
unclereich 04.27.25	you're crazy(gsw fan here as well) i never want to see an LA team in the playoffs again
StormChaser 04.27.25	if there's no davis out there i damn sure do tbh naz reid is like a different human being when he plays us and this version of mcdaniels makes me nervous as fuck
unclereich 04.27.25	would rather go against that than the LA whistle/lebron fuckery any day.
hal1ax 04.27.25	lakers getting out-hustled so hard. cancun in 5
Futures 04.27.25	more like lolbron
Sunnyvale 04.27.25	Apologies to Manatea, but watching the Lakers lose is one of life's most exquisite pleasures.
troyofyort 04.28.25	Lol yeah any chance to see lakers get out asap is the way. Fuck them and their bullshit golden boy bullshit always get handed so much and treated like royalty by refs and seeing them cry like bitches is the ultimate schadenfreude
nash1311 04.28.25	Yeah I’m fully in the f the lakers camp and they pretty much earn most of their hate honestly lol
Hyperion1001 04.28.25	i hate the lakers on principle but i dont think theres a more unlikable duo in the league than tatum and brown.
unclereich 04.28.25	Hype spot on as usual
unclereich 04.28.25	Rip dame
Manatea 04.28.25	Love you all too
Futures 04.28.25	deal with the devil for the title i guess. can't even be mad it's just expected at this point. worst part is being stuck with a deadweight who was declining and nobody will trade for after that.
YoYoMancuso 04.28.25	FUCK THE LAKERS
nash1311 04.28.25	AD and LeBron were easily a worse duo hate wise prior to the trade lol. Luka does a lot of carrying that duo as far as likability now
Manatea 04.28.25	Alright, alright i get it i’ll leave damn I’m at least going to try to have fun on Wednesday…
Futures 04.28.25	haliburton has to be the least likable "star" in the league. who the hell likes ore respects him that isn't a pavers fan
StormChaser 04.28.25	I like Brown for the most part, but Tatum is insufferably uninteresting, uninspiring, dull and corny FUCK THE LAKERS [35235125] and yeah uncle i concede that I'd hate to play another series against that whistle. also, haliburton is goofy, but I don't see why would he be unlikable other than because he's beating the bucks' sorry asses two years in a row
troyofyort 04.28.25	Lol at calling Luka likeable. He may have gotten some sympathy points for the fatphobic nico harris bs, but dude is such a whiner I cant stand watching any game he plays.
Hyperion1001 04.28.25	god please don’t give us a thunder Celtics finals because then I’d have to pull for the thunder 🤮
nash1311 04.28.25	I love Luka. 0 problems for me. He’s incredible to watch
Hyperion1001 04.28.25	you wouldn’t be saying that if you were an NBA ref lmao
Rowhaus 04.28.25	Seeing the Lakers and Warriors bounced first round would give me such immeasurable joy. I'd rather root for a colostomy bag than that limb flailing WWE LARPer Draymond Green 🤮 And how about that LeBron choke? Such brilliant basketball to be down in the clutch and inbound on a bounce with McDaniels in Luka's jersey, then proceed to commit an unnecessary foul and put the Wolves up by 3 with 10 seconds left. Also to be up 2 and heave a prayer from 5 feet behind the arc, instead of feeding DFS and Reaves with better looks on the wing and corner. Idk how you play 22 seasons and make plays like that in such crucial moments.
Eakflanderyof 04.28.25	Luka is definitely not likeable for me. Great player but I feel bad for the refs during lakers games because him and lebron are probably the 2 biggest whiners in the nba
Eakflanderyof 04.28.25	As for Haliburton I'm neutral. I do agree with that ranking that he is the most overrated player in the league though. I've seen people saying he should be all nba 3rd team. Lol trae deserve it before he does
troyofyort 04.28.25	A pacers wolves finals would be nice to get a guaranteed first championship
CottonSalad 04.28.25	I enjoyed the Pacers energy last night, fun to watch their offensive flow. pacers wolves finals would be nice [2]
Hyperion1001 04.28.25	Adam silver would personally call hits on those teams if it even slightly looked like they were gonna make it to the finals lmao.
nash1311 04.28.25	While first time winners are nice, I don’t want either of those teams winning lol. I don’t feel like either deserves it at all. I’d much rather Thunder or something than those two and I’m not rooting for Thunder either
Hyperion1001 04.28.25	Hell naw can’t do this go wolves
Eakflanderyof 04.28.25	Being realistic... it's probably gonna be celtics and okc. Definitely hoping for okc over boston. Fuck every boston team
Hyperion1001 04.28.25	im pulling for the cavs so hard in the east
Hyperion1001 04.29.25	bro what the fuck
nash1311 04.29.25	Losing by 55 at home in a close out game is some serious Suns behavior Jimmy gotta be smiling at home whether they win or lose this series lol
unclereich 04.29.25	FUCK THE ROCKETS
hal1ax 04.29.25	such a banger game. podz and buddy clutched it up
troyofyort 04.29.25	I got to see the rockets a few times this year, this team is so much better than this. The Warriors live in their heads rent free. Cant believe they are gonna lose this.
troyofyort 04.29.25	Ultimately at this point Idc who wins as long as its not Lakers or Warriors.
StormChaser 04.29.25	Rowhaus ngl that comment had very strong yt-comment energy, yikes Lol at calling Luka likeable. He may have gotten some sympathy points for the fatphobic nico harris bs, but dude is such a whiner I cant stand watching any game he plays. [2] lol @ pacers wolves finals. least watched series of all time anyone? agreed neither team is ready and second Hyperion's Adam Silver comment
nash1311 04.29.25	I understand not liking whiners for sure. I just think Luka is so damn good. But Jokic is an even better version without the whining so there’s that.
nash1311 04.30.25	GARY MF TRENT EN FUEGO
nash1311 04.30.25	I cannot believe the collapse I just witnessed lmao
Hyperion1001 04.30.25	the doc rivers special
nash1311 04.30.25	And a Knicks special too lol classic. Go pistons!
StormChaser 04.30.25	lol gotta watch that last stretch how the fuck do you go down with being up 7 in the last 33 seconds is kinda hard to imagine
Eakflanderyof 04.30.25	Pistons should be up 3-2 also but they didn't call that blatant foul at the end of game 4
hal1ax 05.01.25	you know things are bad when steph misses a free throw
Asdfp277 05.01.25	i still dont know what an nba is
Hyperion1001 05.01.25	this game is basically 2 quarters of garbage time lmao
Hyperion1001 05.01.25	or the rockets bench can just lose them the game lmao
unclereich 05.01.25	Rockets are an embarrassment to the league
unclereich 05.01.25	LOL sengun flopping after the head butt didn’t connect what an absolute pussy
Hyperion1001 05.01.25	either of these teams are gonna get dad dicked by the wolves so i just want them to keep beating up on each other.
Storm In A Teacup 05.01.25	Thunder chillin
Storm In A Teacup 05.01.25	Im with StormChaser tho. Timberwolves scare me as well despite Rudy Gobert being on the team. Naz Reid terrifies me
unclereich 05.01.25	I can’t even remember the last time the warriors lost to the wolves
Hyperion1001 05.01.25	watching the lakers foul on every possession and not get called and then flop into a foul every touch is enough to make you wanna explode.
MetalMarcJK 05.01.25	I hate Naz Reed.
YoYoMancuso 05.01.25	FUCK THE LAKERS ALL MY HOMIES HATE THE LAKERS EXCEPT FOR TIM DONAGHY REMEMBER THAT TIME HE GIFTED SHAQ AND KOBE THE FAKEST RING EVER AND TESTIFIED ABOUT IT IN A COURT OF LAW
unclereich 05.01.25	I do like user manatea tho and don’t want him to be bummed
hal1ax 05.01.25	lakers can't stop a nosebleed
hal1ax 05.01.25	and yea houston is a disgrace. they prob go home next game. i doubt jimmy and steph have two bad games in a row
YoYoMancuso 05.01.25	LaKeRs iN FivE
nash1311 05.01.25	Love that lakers and lebron are cooked. Gentleman’s sweep. And the wolves mostly played like shit too except Gobert and Randle and they still got handled at home. Rockets are embarrassing [2] “LOL sengun flopping after the head butt didn’t connect what an absolute pussy” Holy shit yes. I saw this replay and lost a ton of respect for him he looked like such a pussy
Manatea 05.01.25	Well… at least the game was fun to be at! Except for like, you know, the last two minutes
unclereich 05.01.25	sorry about the loss bro, football will be here before you know it
Hyperion1001 05.01.25	lakers first round exit you love to see it. now do warriors next.
AlexKzillion 05.01.25	rudy gobert legacy game love to see it
WretchedCacophony 05.01.25	Hyperion pulling for the Cavs. my man. I was at game 4 vs the Celtics in 2016 and that was absolutely bonkers
Eakflanderyof 05.01.25	Rooting for the warriors after that sengun shit. Dude let's draymond bully him all series then shoves the smallest guy on the team coming off the bench for 2 minutes. Definitely a pussy
troyofyort 05.01.25	AHAHAHHAHHAHHH Lelkers
nash1311 05.01.25	Yeah I’m going for warriors and it does not feel good
hal1ax 05.01.25	[2]
Hyperion1001 05.02.25	Jalen Brunson is infuriating to watch. this is like prime harden levels of foul baiting bullshit
nash1311 05.02.25	Damn pistons choke 😭
Calc 05.02.25	"Jalen Brunson is infuriating to watch. this is like prime harden levels of foul baiting bullshit" don't hate the playa hate the shitty game that allows and incentivizes it
nash1311 05.02.25	I agree and disagree with that. While I agree some things should be prevented somehow, I hate this era of exploiting rules in sports and almost forcing leagues to make awful too specific rules to cut down on it. Don’t even get me started on palming and the two-steps step back 3 lol
Eakflanderyof 05.02.25	Yeah its fair to hate the guys that base their entire playstyle around foul-baiting. The league should be giving out more severe punishments for phantom foul baiting too. If you don't get touched and you flop, there should be a fine every time. Multiple offenses should result in one or more game suspension. Most of the time the league just ignores it
Hyperion1001 05.02.25	anyways go rockets i guess. as long as steve kerr and draymond green are a part of that team ill never root for them, as much as i like steph. plus either those teams are gonna get bodied by the wolves next round.
Eakflanderyof 05.02.25	Agreed wolves will destroy either. Also what do you hate about Steve Kerr
Eakflanderyof 05.02.25	I don't love him or anything but he seems pretty inoffensive lol
Hyperion1001 05.02.25	hes such a smarmy little bitch. every time he talks im like "yeah thats why mj punched his ass"
Calc 05.02.25	"I agree and disagree with that. While I agree some things should be prevented somehow, I hate this era of exploiting rules in sports and almost forcing leagues to make awful too specific rules to cut down on it. Don’t even get me started on palming and the two-steps step back 3 lol" all players in all eras in all sports exploit the rules, that's part of why they change all the time. It's up to the leagues to make sure their product is operating as intended and the NBA is telling its fans this throw your head back when you get touched nonsense is intended. I don't begrudge players one bit for taking advantage, they want to win and that's how you win right now.
Hyperion1001 05.03.25	remember when you were playing in a group as a child and there was always that one kid would try to win everything on technicalities and weird interpretations of the rules instead of just playing? remember how everyone also hated that kid? that kid grew up to be a flopper and everyone still rightfully hates him.
ShadowRemains 05.03.25	i mean mj was also a smarmy little bitch but he was good enough to overshadow it
Hyperion1001 05.03.25	god damn there is no one in the league who needs to be punched in the mouth more desperately than draymond fucking green
Eakflanderyof 05.03.25	Dude has zero self control
Eakflanderyof 05.03.25	Curry kinda sucking. Wasn't great last game either
MetalMarcJK 05.03.25	AHAHAHHAHHAHHH Lelkers [2]
nash1311 05.03.25	Yeah hard [2] to everything Hype said lol
Hyperion1001 05.03.25	warriors literally cannot buy a bucket rn
Eakflanderyof 05.03.25	They were trying too hard for 3s. Guys passing up high percentage shots near the basket to chuck it out to someone for a shitty look 3
Eakflanderyof 05.03.25	They should've abandoned the foul steven Adams approach too
Calc 05.03.25	they laid off game 5 to win this one at home and they blew it
Rowhaus 05.03.25	If the warriors choke this series I might die laughing
Eakflanderyof 05.03.25	Seems like the rockets kinda figured them out the last 2 games
nash1311 05.03.25	Yeah unless Curry goes for like 50 I don’t see Warriors winning this in Houston unless Rockets flat out don’t show up
hal1ax 05.03.25	i dont think wolves necessarily body the rockets. they're def a rough matchup for the warriors tho
Hyperion1001 05.03.25	they’re similar teams for sure with their size and length but the wolves have ant who is a bonafide superstar and role players who just outmatch the rockets role players. what’s interesting is the Adams/gobert matchup because, while Rudy is one of the all time great defenders in the league, he’s not really a bang down low post player and Adams is an absolute boulder of a human. either way I still think the wolves handle either team pretty easily, especially since they now will have spent 7 games beating up on each other and having to listen to draymond run his mouth every game.
Eakflanderyof 05.03.25	The rockets just don't have that one guy who is their go to guy. The wolves have ant. The rockets are taking over now because gs is old. I think steph is wearing down a bit
Eakflanderyof 05.04.25	Classic harden flopping on every shot attempt
Hyperion1001 05.04.25	yeah it’s not great
unclereich 05.04.25	warriors will have another embarrassing up 3-1 series loss tomorrow but thank god we arent the clippers!
hal1ax 05.04.25	Game 7 harden showed out tonight lmao
Rowhaus 05.04.25	Harden and Powell left Kawhi holding the bag smh
Eakflanderyof 05.04.25	Harden is overrated and always will be. Just another guy who can only excel in the regular season when guys are only giving about 80-90% on any given night
StormChaser 05.04.25	are we ready to write off my warriors completely or do we got a shot here
Eakflanderyof 05.04.25	There's a shot but steph is playing like he's fatigued and butler is doing well but hasn't been explosive enough to make up for steph not killing it the last couple games
Hyperion1001 05.04.25	praying for draymond to get ejected 🙏
Eakflanderyof 05.04.25	Draymond is dumb enough to make that happen
Hyperion1001 05.04.25	god damn indiana came out swinging
StormChaser 05.04.25	fucking draymond man
Storm In A Teacup 05.04.25	Thunder vs Russ 😪😬🫨🤗
hal1ax 05.04.25	god damn indiana is balling out right now
hal1ax 05.04.25	and ye looking rough for the warriors. steph is gonna have to have a big game for them to have a shot. i'd like to see warriors win but tbh i think warriors v wolves is a less exciting series than rockets v wolves
Rowhaus 05.04.25	Siakam and Nesmith looking pretty damn good
hal1ax 05.04.25	eh looks like warriors went 3-1 against the wolves in regular season and rockets went 2-2 so maybe either series is competitive idk
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	wolves are a completely different team than they were earlier in the year.A
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	also the pacers came to PLAY goddamn
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Postseason is also a completely different beast from the regular season. The play is a lot more physical
hal1ax 05.05.25	yea it's different. doesn't mean you can't glean any relevant information from how reg season matchups went. anyway, go warriors
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	i mean Steph already looks gassed NAW and Ant gonna have that man in hell.
unclereich 05.05.25	i think his thumb and the rockets repeatedly re-injuring it has more to do with his mid performances than him being gassed, but it's not going to ever get a chance to heal at this rate regardless
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	draymond with 8 points already makes me sick to my stomach wonder when his first flagrant is gonna come
unclereich 05.05.25	let the hate flow through you
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Are the rockets really gonna get beat by buddy hield lmao
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	i doubt it lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Yeah rockets are gonna win. Reminding a lot of the 2nd half of game 6. Something is definitely up with curry
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	idk they gotta stop bricking shots
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	genuinely how did the rockets win 52 games with this offense
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Yeah they should be winning honestly but they shot awful in the first half
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	yeah I don’t think it’s happening for em tonight
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	what exactly does Jalen green do
tyman128 05.05.25	Athleticism
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	anyways wolves in 4 see ya on Tuesday.
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Steph woke up for the 4th
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	wolves in 4 [2]
hal1ax 05.05.25	yea jalen green is useless and buddy with the 22 pt half jeeesus
Rowhaus 05.05.25	Şengün fucking stinks
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	jalen green averaged 21 a game this year but don't worry you can still call him a bust. we all have eyes
unclereich 05.05.25	What was that about buddy hield?
unclereich 05.05.25	Nothing better than owning the rockets. What a shitty dirty trashy group of losers
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	I was initially saying the wolves would body either team next round but I'm actually thinking it will be a close series. Wolves really just beat up on an overrated lakers team
Dmax28 05.05.25	Buddy Hield was amazing
unclereich 05.05.25	Butler is key he’s made everyone else better but he still hasn’t had a game where he’s taken over completely. I doubt the warriors win the series but a sweep seems unlikely. I think the series goes more like 2023 when the dubs and the kings kicked the shit out of each other and the warriors looked lost against the lakers.
hal1ax 05.05.25	can't imagine the warriors doing worse than that soft as fuck lakers team
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Well yeah, butler is definitely the key for the warriors. The wolves are a really good team but they had a lot of hype last year and got stopped. People love ant and he is amazing but I think draymond bullies gobert this series
Manatea 05.05.25	Wolves>warriors pls
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Wolves had kat last year and nearly got swept by the mavs. Almost the same roster except they got randle instead now who isn't as good as kat. They were super hyped up last year and collapsed. Warriors have a pretty bad bench though. That will do them in eventually if not this series
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	it’s gonna be the same story as the lakers tbh. warriors have no size and, even though they do have centers, they are bad and are gonna get played off the court. wolves are basically set up like the rockets but better at every position. unless Steph and Jimmy go for 40 a game it’s not gonna go well for them.
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	The wolves have a much better offense than they did last season
Rowhaus 05.05.25	Feel like the Warriors are cooked. Wolves are younger, bigger, more athletic, have a much deeper bench, and are now much better rested.
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	It's hilarious that we had both The Rudy Gobert Game and The Buddy Hield Game to eliminate top 3 seeds in the first round
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	i love KAT don’t get me wrong but his game just doesn’t translate to winning a championship (as we’re about to see when the Knicks get dad dicked by the Celtics) im not ready to say this wolves team is better than last years, but I also don’t think they’re really any worse.
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	They needed time to adjust, hence the worse regular season record. The defense is slightly downgraded but the offense and depth are much improved.
SomeCallMeTim 05.05.25	go celtics n stuff
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	disgusting
StormChaser 05.05.25	wolves in 4 is a really bad take, can't see a world where that happens. also if you think that the gs centers will be played off the floor and at the same time think the wolves will be able to keep gobert on the floor, you haven't been watching basketball the last 10 years
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	the quintessential “don’t know ball” take is thinking Rudy Gobert is somehow a bad basketball player.
hal1ax 05.05.25	This Boston series gonna be a bloodbath
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Rudy is a good rim protector but mostly a liability on offense. He's kind of a one trick pony but he's good at turning guys around in the paint
YoYoMancuso 05.05.25	i'm a wolves fan so i was leaving hype comments, but my honest opinion is wolves in 6
Eakflanderyof 05.05.25	Wolves in 6 is a safe bet
Hyperion1001 05.05.25	Rudy is the best 1-5 defender in the league and it’s not particularly close. and with golden states poor center play/small size all he has to do is play defense and catch some lobs and he’ll be doing exactly what he needs to. maybe he can also get draymond ejected again which would be amazing. gs might steal 1 or 2 games sure but I think the wolves cruise past them pretty easily.
Hyperion1001 05.06.25	having to watch the boston celtics play basketball is cruel and unusual punishment
Hyperion1001 05.06.25	hahaha you love to see it
Hawks 05.06.25	Watching OKC and Denver right now. First NBA game I've watched all year lmao. Didn't have any NHL playoffs on so I figured why not.
Hawks 05.06.25	Crazy how nobody plays any kind of defense lmao.
hal1ax 05.06.25	Both crazy games jeeez. Can’t believe Boston blew that. You love to see it.
Rowhaus 05.06.25	Caruso balling out on both ends just to watch Holmgren sell ugh
Calc 05.06.25	love catching those game winners live. Aaron Gordan is clutch
StormChaser 05.06.25	Rudy's a good defender, one of the best rim protectors in the league, but he was NEVER a 1-5 defender what are we doing here? Off the top of my head there's like maybe 4 guys in the league that can defend 1 through 5 and Rudy can't do it unless we're saying he can defend LeBron who you can technically call a 1
Hyperion1001 05.06.25	let’s revisit in 4 games when the warriors are headed to Galveston
Eakflanderyof 05.06.25	Yeah there aren't many guys in the league who can guard anyone. Steph im sure would feast on a gobert switch Also okc coach is dumb as fuck
AlexKzillion 05.06.25	idk about the "best" but feel like rudy is severely underrated as a 1-5 defender. for a guy his size he holds his own in space against guards way better than he has any right to. dude got turned around by steph and luka in the playoffs a couple times but so does everybody.
StormChaser 05.06.25	I'm not saying the dubs will win, even though I am taking them, I was adressing your 1-5 take which makes 0 sense given the fact he's never been able to defend small guards successfully. and i don't see that as a knock on him at all, not everyone is a switchblade defender, and it doesn't take away from what he is good at and that's rim protection and rebounding. idk if there's a dozen players in the history of the league who could defend 1-5 successfully. draymond is by far the best at it in the league for the past decade and it's not close. i doubt anyone can argue differently, and yes I am a homer, but those are facts lol
Calc 05.06.25	online nba discussions and the term "and it's not close" like lamb and tunafish
Eakflanderyof 05.06.25	Yeah draymond in his prime was definitely the best 1-5 defender and still one of the best for sure... and I'm not a homer
Hyperion1001 05.06.25	the whole reason Gobert is the caliber defender he is is because he can effectively switch onto almost anyone on the court as a center. if you’ve watch him play for any length of time you’ve seen him close out on the three point line time and time again. idk how you describe that any other way than a 1-5 defender. sure he excels as a rim protector but his entire value is in being much more than just that.
StormChaser 05.06.25	yes, agreed, he's also great defensive hub and he can help defend on the perimiter sometimes and even not look stupid defending wings, but he can't defend fast guards 1 on 1 who isolate him on the perimiter. definitions may vary ig but to me it just doesn't ring true that he's a 1-5 defender. lol calc trvth. but this particular argument is to me pretty unassailable and i stand behind it 100%
Hyperion1001 05.06.25	we’ll just have to see it settled on the court! go wolves!
Eakflanderyof 05.06.25	We gonna settle this on the blacktop homie
AlexKzillion 05.06.25	many many years ago lambsbread and another user i can't remember got into a very serious heated exchange that consisted of exactly that lmao^^^
YoYoMancuso 05.06.25	Hyp fucking nailed it, for some reason people saw one astronomically unlikely Luka Doncic highlight and decided Gobert was a traffic cone
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	cavs wtf are you doing lmao
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	wolves defense absolutely suffocating
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	shame they can’t hit the broad side of a barn rn
unclereich 05.07.25	I know warriors should be up 40
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	you put any of the wolves on the grassy knoll and jfk lives another 40 years
unclereich 05.07.25	Makes sense, there were at least 5 shooters
unclereich 05.07.25	Game over series over. Steph out.
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	damn that really sucks
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	Minnesota about to have like 30 points at the half lol
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	if they drop this game with curry out they deserve to lose the series
unclereich 05.07.25	Sure but they won’t lose the series. Steph thrives against the wolves as they aren’t as “suffocating” guarding the 3 as the rockets are/were. No Steph no series, doesn’t matter if the wolves drop this game.
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	yeah it sucks I’d much rather curry healthy he’s the only warrior I like.
unclereich 05.07.25	11 point second quarter. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen that
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	yeah really embarrassing stuff. ant has more illegitimate kids than points.
unclereich 05.07.25	At some point in this game the wolves have to wake up right???
YoYoMancuso 05.07.25	you would think
hal1ax 05.07.25	Wolves need to give up shooting 3s tonight good lord
YoYoMancuso 05.07.25	They aren't even getting ridiculously outplayed other than poor decisions with the ball. The Warriors have been pretty average offensively and their best player is injured. They are just having the most dogshit shooting night imaginable
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	I still think this ends up being a close series even with steph likely out for multiple games if not the whole series. Absolutely embarrassing performance for the wolves at home though
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	And jimmy butler hasn't even been that great
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	Calling the lightest fouls ever against the warriors now. Gotta make the game exciting I guess
Hawks 05.07.25	Idk how you guys watch this shit. I really don't. NBA is just not fun to watch to me lol. I've tried and I just can't do it.
Calc 05.07.25	thats a bad loss but it doesn't mean anything yet.
unclereich 05.07.25	Stormchaser deserves his flowers. Go dubs. Put your broom away hype.
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	@calc If steph is out... yeah wolves will take the series. Otherwise I think this would be close
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	Wtf wolves coach is a jackass. What the hell was that postgame presser
hal1ax 05.07.25	you referring to him holding ant accountable? that's the only part of the presser i saw. idk man i kind of agree with what he said. ants first half was way too lackluster for someone who's always talkin like they want the smoke
unclereich 05.07.25	Yea that seemed pretty legit tbh wish more coaches would do that.
StormChaser 05.07.25	LET'S FUCKING GO i'm fucking heartbroken that steph is out and with a hamstring no less, those things can linger for like months. hopefully it's something mild and he can get back by game 3 also i'd love to say the dubs stole this one but they really didn't, they dominated the wolves the entire game, and sure they couldn't hit open shots, but this is looking real good for the warriors if steph can get back also wtf is up with the cavs yikes s/o unc
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	yeah wolves ain’t gonna win shit playing like that. horrible showing.
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	I don't know. I feel like it's kinda weak on the coach's part. Ant should be accountable but the coach should be too. And I think it's premature to throw your star under the bus for what was basically one bad half. And he said to keep the energy even if you're shooting poorly. I don't think that was the issue. Ant had 14 rebounds. That's a lot for a small guard
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	Also, we'll have to wait for the mri results but I'm guessing isn't back until at least game 4. Especially if the dubs pull off another win
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	“they dominated the wolves the entire game” wolves played like shit for sure but this isn’t true at all. if they had hit even half of the open shots they took they win by 10. they’ve shot almost 20% from three in the last two games. that’s an aberration for sure. regression to the mean is gonna hit hard.
StormChaser 05.07.25	It's called good coaching my man what are we talking about, there were no lead changes for like 25 mins and the lead was in double digits for the most part
StormChaser 05.07.25	sure they won't shoot as bad and the warriors weren't awesome offensively but they locked them down tol
Rowhaus 05.07.25	Steph Curry ruined basketball. We have him to thank for the lack of physicality in the modern game and the whole generation of chuckers he inspired. Wolves still deserved the L tho. Can't expect much when you're shooting that poorly.
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	the homerism is a lil too strong my man. neither team played particularly well it’s just the wolves had a historically poor shooting night. they shot 7-63 on threes. if they had shot even the league average they win that game. and it’s not like they were contested shots either, they were getting open looks all night.
AlexKzillion 05.07.25	@rowhaus nah that was harden
YoYoMancuso 05.07.25	the lack of physicality is more about the dogshit officiating than anything else
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	i hope we can all agree that the Celtics play objectively the most dogshit boring kind of basketball on earth. you wanna talk about chucking, their entire game plan is just shoot 1000000 threes a game. it sucks so hard.
Rowhaus 05.07.25	@Alex I'd argue Curry's been more influential, but Harden would be up there too. He plays like an IBM exec the way he floppy disks all over. Curry's just so good he turned the game into a nonstop threesome prayerfest. Can't fault him for it but I still think he's inadvertently made the game much less entertaining. The reffing certainly hasn't helped either YoYo great point. @Hype Absolutely spot-on and Monday was a perfect example. 15 of 60 from three with Tatum leading the charge lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.07.25	The game was eventually going to become a 3 fest anyway with or without curry. Analytics eventually would've had that unfold. There's something to be said for the fact that curry started it and still is the best at it though Also, harden signature move is drive to the basket and then windmill both arms in circles in traffic until someone inevitably "hooks him" Me and my buddies always jokingly imitate that move when we play lol
AlexKzillion 05.07.25	i mostly disagree because curry and the warriors still play an insanely fun brand of basketball, which couldn't be recreated because steph/klay/dray were all one-of-one players. the harden rockets felt like the first team to really zero in on the 3s & paint only formula and had four guys stand around while harden either hit a step back, drew a foul, or kicked it out to someone else to try the same thing and pushed average ass players to shoot 3s just because 3>2.
unclereich 05.07.25	https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIzz6P1zPnE/?igsh=ZHQ3ZWN4Z2lldjFn
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	lmao almost as bad as lebrons paintjob
unclereich 05.07.25	Remember Carlos boozer’s hair 😂
Hyperion1001 05.07.25	the sharpie special lol
Hyperion1001 05.08.25	HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
hal1ax 05.08.25	lmao fuck youuuuuuu boston
Hyperion1001 05.08.25	this playoffs rocks so far im having a great time
hal1ax 05.08.25	home teams still have 0 wins in the second round. what in the world
Hyperion1001 05.08.25	ive been saying tatum aint that guy since he got into the league and thank god everyone can finally see it
Futures 05.08.25	shoutout jerry o'connell BING BONG
Eakflanderyof 05.08.25	The Celtics blowing a 20 pt lead twice... Best playoffs ever so far
Eakflanderyof 05.08.25	Fuck any team that chucks up 50-60 3s while averaging less than 30% lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.08.25	Holy shit, embarrassing game for the nuggets
Hyperion1001 05.08.25	Maybe the thunder are pretty good huh
Trebor. 05.08.25	Celtics lose and me happy
PunkerBlast 05.08.25	I was cool with the Celtics getting that one with Garnett and Allen, Rondo lol but Boston was just winning too much in general even the Bruins started getting good too as if the damn Patriots then weren't enough. Anyhow here is my contribution to the topic. I also find it hard to believe teams blow so many big leads, but as discussed I think a lot of it is just chucking up threes and missing constantly. It'll be equivalent to the trap in hockey probably but a lead 20+ especially in the 4th I find hard to blow as teams should be able to just manage the clock, ball control and hit their twos unless the defense is just really aggressive and the team ahead just panics a lot. I guess one way to do that is to miss a ton of threes that really don't need to be attempted either.
PunkerBlast 05.08.25	Nuggets 88 TNT/truTV/Max 7:21 - 4th Thunder 133 Follow live: Thunder set NBA postseason record with 87-point first half. I can't easily share the image here. I was going to put that game on for a laugh, I. Anyway. Geez. How the eff does a team score more in the first half than than the opposing team has in the 4th (yea they had one more point, that's still ridiculous if I saw/got the image quicker they would have had less).
hal1ax 05.08.25	Lou Dort, divorce court, pillow fort, thunder in 🖐️
PunkerBlast 05.08.25	I know its late/early? But I came here for some better "talking head" conversation of the NBA. I may not know the ins and outs of the paint and I just get divorce court? This isn't Desperate NBA housewives! ;P
StormChaser 05.08.25	"i hope we can all agree that the Celtics play objectively the most dogshit boring kind of basketball on earth. you wanna talk about chucking, their entire game plan is just shoot 1000000 threes a game. it sucks so hard." absolutely spot on, agreed 100% can we please stop shitting on how steph / the warriors play basketball? they were never a "3-point shooting team", they just happened to have 2 of the best 3 point shooters ever on their team. the fact he inspired millions of young chuckers speaks to his legacy, just like Jordan inspired millions of young wanna-be iso ball alphas. just because they can / could do it, doesn't mean everyone should be trying it. but it's not on them, they just captured everyone's imagination and made people want to be like them. the spurs saved the game, and the warriors (among others) are continuing that legacy. ball and man movement, team basketball, no machismo, alpha, bad shot-taking bullshit. if you wanna shit on someone, shit on the stupid-as-fuck analytics-driven franchises and coaches and on the dogshit regular season reffing I'm kinda in disbelief the Celts lost this one tho, kinda spells very grim for them
Eakflanderyof 05.08.25	Kinda wild we may end up with either the Knicks or pacers in the finals
Hyperion1001 05.08.25	please give us a Knicks pacers ECF. that would be so hilariously toxic and fun.
brainmelter 05.08.25	I’m loving all these upsets in this round of the playoffs, the okc v denv game last night is how game 1 should have been but damn 149 lol
Hyperion1001 05.08.25	wolves in.. uh, 5? maybe??
unclereich 05.08.25	Steph’s demeanor tells me he’s going to miss the rest of the series. What a bummer. Would have been an all time series imo
Hyperion1001 05.09.25	yeah Im really bummed about it. as much as I dislike draymond and Kerr I do have a ton of respect for curry.
Hyperion1001 05.09.25	hahahah rudy running the fast break is always so fuckin funny. hes like a baby giraffe just learning to walk lmao
hal1ax 05.09.25	if the warriors could eek out another win without steph i heard he should be good to return for a game 6. huge bummer though yea
Hyperion1001 05.09.25	if Steph was in wolves are probably losing rn. they’ve looked dead both games.
Hawks 05.09.25	Ehhhh idk they're starting to pull away now. Still a lot of time left though.
Eakflanderyof 05.09.25	Not even a fun series to watch anymore without steph honestly. And Jimmy butler really hasn't been that "playoff Jimmy" everyone talks about
nash1311 05.09.25	“ the harden rockets felt like the first team to really zero in on the 3s & paint only formula and had four guys stand around while harden either hit a step back, drew a foul, or kicked it out to someone else to try the same thing and pushed average ass players to shoot 3s just because 3>2.” So really Dantoni ruined the game lmao
nash1311 05.09.25	Also agree with Storm that Rudy is not a 1-5 defender at all. He’s huge and a reasonable mover so he can “show” on a shooter in a pick situation but he’s absolutely someone that a faster quicker guard would seek to expose in a full switch situation
Hyperion1001 05.10.25	this pacers team looks like the best team in the east tbh
Hyperion1001 05.10.25	well I guess not now lmao
Rowhaus 05.10.25	SGA might be the most overrated basketball player of all time
nash1311 05.10.25	He’s certainly the most overrated at the moment. I was just thinking last night “who is winning the title” and honestly I don’t know lol. All these teams are very beatable. Before playoffs started I would have said Celtics easy but they look like ass rn. Winner is probably whoever takes the Thunder Nuggets series but at the same time if Nuggets do somehow pull out that series they could run out of gas despite being one of, if not the best, team left
EyesWideShut 05.10.25	Fuck the Celtics
Hyperion1001 05.10.25	[2]
StormChaser 05.10.25	fucking celtics man SGA is top 3 easy
StormChaser 05.10.25	that being said let's go nuggs
Eakflanderyof 05.10.25	Fucking Celtics and the constant 3s. Lamest championship team ever
Eakflanderyof 05.10.25	If I was the Knicks I would just make my gameplan to guard the perimeter as aggressively as possible
Hyperion1001 05.10.25	they were never gonna sweep them so this was bound to happen. hope they pull it off though.
nash1311 05.10.25	They’ve only taken 29 3’s this game that’s super low for them lmao
hal1ax 05.10.25	celtics shooting like they usually do now. uh oh
Eakflanderyof 05.10.25	I don't know. They're a good 3 pt shooting team obviously but 53% on 32 shots is pretty above average even for them
hal1ax 05.10.25	yea closer to usual i guess is what i mean. as opposed to the shooting aberrations that were their last 2 games
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	i cannot wait until i never have to watch draymond green play basketball again.
unclereich 05.11.25	crazy how bad the wolves look, if steph was playing this shit would be wraps
Futures 05.11.25	can we kick both these teams out of the playoffs for everyone's sake
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	yeah it’s bad
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	AND HE IS OUTTA HERE
unclereich 05.11.25	The bad man can’t hurt you anymore
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	well at least for 1 day lol
Eakflanderyof 05.11.25	I'd like to remind everyone how I told you the wolves were overhyped again. If steph plays this series is at least 2-1 warriors
hal1ax 05.11.25	starting to realize that the wolves//lakers beatdown was more a consequence of the lakers being really shitty than it was the wolves being really good
StormChaser 05.11.25	wolves are mediocre, lakers are bad are based takes fucking gutted we couldn't pull that one out, thought we really had a chance until draymond of course cost us another fucking game and maybe the series
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	I think the wolves can play better than this but I don’t know if they’re going to. Steph playing this is most likely 3-0 on the way to a sweep. at least ant showed signs of waking up yesterday. randle has honestly been their best player all playoffs.
Dmax28 05.11.25	That game was going really well for the Warriors till they decided in the final 6 minutes they had no identity for closing the game without Steph. Unless we see a drastic change, it's Thunder or Nuggets in the finals. Wolves don't look good.
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	at this point as long as the Celtics don’t win the chip again I wouldn’t really have a problem with any of them taking it all.
Eakflanderyof 05.11.25	@dmax Draymond fouling out doesn't help them
Rowhaus 05.11.25	"i cannot wait until i never have to watch draymond green play basketball again." worst player of all time agreed
hal1ax 05.11.25	Hard agree with anyone but the Celtics lol
YoYoMancuso 05.11.25	the successful Wolves challenge to saddle Draymond with his 5th foul, followed by him immediately fouling out, hit like crack
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	the nuggets are for real about to have less than 10 points in the first quarter
Futures 05.11.25	giannis has never and will never do this in back to back playoff games btw
radianteclipse 05.11.25	I'm really hoping the Cavs tie it up tonight. I met Donovan Mitchell at the Browns home opener last season and he's such a chill dude. And he's putting up 2018 Lebron-esque numbers this postseason.
Eakflanderyof 05.11.25	Murray has a lot of possessions where he hangs on to the ball way too long. Dude bricks way too many shots to try and play hero ball
Eakflanderyof 05.11.25	And there he goes again lmao
Hyperion1001 05.11.25	i feel bad for nuggets fans because Murray just ain’t that guy anymore. trust me watching him in the bubble and on the title run was electric but he’s a shadow of himself now. being saddled with that contract is a window closer tbh.
Eakflanderyof 05.11.25	I don't think he's ever really been that guy but he had a great run during those playoffs. He's definitely not what you want as your number 2 option on a championship team
Hyperion1001 05.12.25	wtf happened to the cavs man?
Eakflanderyof 05.12.25	Everyone should've known they weren't for real after the Hawks beat them twice
nash1311 05.12.25	This is exactly why no one talks about the Cavs nor the Thunder much as being teams to be feared or most likely to win it all. They both have been exposed before. Thunder are def better than the Cavs, but same circumstances apply imho
Dmax28 05.12.25	2 1/2 quarters of garbage time damn
hal1ax 05.12.25	Man Indiana could win the whole damn thing
Eakflanderyof 05.12.25	They're hot right now. They'll cool off
StormChaser 05.12.25	Man Indiana could win the whole damn thing I mean do even you believe that?
Hyperion1001 05.12.25	i just want a pacers Knicks ECF so go Knicks make it happen.
nash1311 05.12.25	Lmao no way Pacers win it all wtf
Hyperion1001 05.12.25	the only real threat to the pacers I see left is the Celtics, so if the Knicks pull it off and eliminate them I can see it happening. pacers beat knicks in ECF and the nuggets and timberwolves outass each other in the WCF I can see em taking it.
AlexKzillion 05.12.25	celtics feel destined to win four in a row but my god if the knicks can steal one more and force a game 7 that'd be sensational. hilarious how bad boston's shooting has been this series
AlexKzillion 05.12.25	also yeah i can see a scenario where the bracket breaks right for them and the pacers defeat the knicks and then a gassed jokic in the finals. big "ifs" all around tho things feel pretty wide open rn, especially if the warriors can extend this series long enough to get curry back. thunder celtics and twolves all looking very mortal this past week and the cavs look toast.
Eakflanderyof 05.12.25	Thunder looks beatable but I think they take the nuggets in 6 or 7. Okc just has a deeper team and both teams already look kinda gassed
Eakflanderyof 05.12.25	But yeah I agree the pacers have a legit shot if the Knicks take Boston out. I don't think wolves, nugs, or okc look dominant enough to say they'd for sure take the pacers. On the other hand, pacers are mopping the floor with a number 1 seed
YoYoMancuso 05.12.25	if the finals somehow ends up being Indiana vs. Minnesota then Indiana in 4 tbh. They are the one team I truly fear as a Wolves fan
Rowhaus 05.12.25	Seriously what the hell is going on with the Cavs? To be down 40 at the half is crazy work. Can someone remind them it's the playoffs?
nash1311 05.12.25	Cavs are cooked that series is a wrap. Knicks will likely choke. Warriors can’t win without curry. Wolves are overrated. Nuggets aren’t very deep and thus will likely gas out. I still think finals is most likely Celtics and Thunder but as Alex said it feels open rn. Anyone can win, which frankly is the most exciting thing about the NBA at the moment
Hyperion1001 05.12.25	the least exciting thing is the prospect of the Celtics winning another game of basketball.
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	mavs get the #1 pick lmao all professional sports are scripted
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	Of course when the Hawks win the lottery the top of the draft class was Sarr and Risacher lmao
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	oh tatum’s achillies is done.
unclereich 05.13.25	I’m so bummed the celts won last year. They don’t deserve one
nash1311 05.13.25	^ that’s no good. I don’t wish that on anyone. Brutal. Yes, I’ve never seen such a bull shit draft lottery. Rewarding Nico the clown for clown behavior seems so shitty
hal1ax 05.13.25	KNICKS BABY
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	Crazy. I hate Boston but Tatum seems like a good dude really
nash1311 05.13.25	Knicks Pacers ECF is so random lmao
Futures 05.13.25	the wolves are putrid, what a fake team led by a fake superstar
SteakByrnes 05.13.25	He’s cookin rn
Futures 05.13.25	the wizards might beat the warriors without steph, they'll get swept next round
YoYoMancuso 05.13.25	if it's OKC maybe. if it's Denver then Denver gets swept, Minnesota fucking owns them
Wildcardbitchesss 05.13.25	Took GSW at +13.5 for an easy parlay… please don’t fuck this up.
PitchforkArms 05.13.25	manifesting the downfall of the t-wolves to bring great despair to yoyo
hal1ax 05.13.25	just caught up with all the draft shit. poor wizards lol
StormChaser 05.13.25	i think if we get close to a minnesota - pacers finals the hand of silver has to get involved for all of our sakes
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	yeah no way Adam “trade Luka” silver lets those two teams in the finals together.
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	also Jimmy Butler in 34 minutes: 14/6/3 on 5-9 shooting, 0-1 from 3, 4-5 FTs, game worst -30. talk about a fake superstar lmao.
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	Yeah "playoff jimmy" has been ass outside of a few games. Looks useless without curry but didn't look that great when he was healthy either
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	Need emo jimmy for the next game
Rowhaus 05.13.25	Warriors dynasty is over
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	they know that’s why warriors fans are acting this way lmao. you should see the warriors subreddit. they’re gooning to pictures of Jordan Poole holding the championship trophy it’s really sad stuff.
Rowhaus 05.13.25	Peak delusion. Poole might be on a losing team, but at least he doesn't have to be Draymond's punching bag anymore. You can't put a price on that. Peace of mind, Draymond fined, left behind, wolves in 🖐️
nash1311 05.13.25	Jimmy shooting 9 shots only in such a pivotal game with no Steph literally left me scratching my head
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	Yeah even if jimmy is missing shots he has to be more aggressive and get to the line or something
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	And yeah the dynasty is over. Even curry basically said so when he said it's the last ride earlier this year
unclereich 05.13.25	warriors fan here absolutely chillin, reddit and anyone who uses it is cringe yea. dynasty may be coming to an end but it was great while it lasted and they certainly brought me more joy than anyone else's team who consistently posts itt
Dmax28 05.13.25	Jimmy almost always plays passive lately. Looks scared/detached. Passes up open shots, hesitant
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	@uncle I actually like the warriors a bit. Not a super fan or anything but they've been a fun dynasty to watch and it's nice seeing a dynasty that isn't New York, Boston, or LA. I even like draymond who everyone else hates lol. People always say they want old school physical basketball but then the moment you get a guy like that everyone gets mad lol
unclereich 05.13.25	yea i mean he has an injury he admitted would keep him out 2+ weeks if it weren't the playoffs
Futures 05.13.25	the "washington wizards" and "charlotte hornets" are covert cia psychological torture experiments
unclereich 05.13.25	nice level headed pov @eak. i don't blame people for disliking teams that seem to win a lot-especially ones with a player like draymond on them. i don't personally mind seeing the pats/chiefs/lakers/celts/bruins/yankees fail. it's just funny though when "nba" fans do nothing but espouse scorn and negativity and yet seem to have no allegiance to any team. happens a lot as a raiders fan, a lot of people simply hate the raider brand but have only a surface level interest in the sport. hate all you want but at least take a side lol but im sure that's some kind of weird gatekeep only i have.
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	i mean Steph was the reason i started watching basketball back in 2015. he’s in the top 5 greatest players of all time and you could make an argument for maybe #3 on that list. the only sour parts about golden state at this point are draymond and Kerr who are both just extremely unlikable people.
unclereich 05.13.25	kerr hate is based tbh.
StormChaser 05.13.25	steve is wonderful i really don't get the hate at all men
Futures 05.13.25	he's a smug prick
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	also “the "washington wizards" and "charlotte hornets" are covert cia psychological torture experiments” I’m from the Carolinas and the reason I’m a wolves fan is because I’m simply not pulling for the Charlotte hornets lmao.
unclereich 05.13.25	>he's a smug prick for me its the moral grandstanding/virtue signaling
Hyperion1001 05.13.25	I’ve always kind of disliked him but the nail in the coffin is when he took draymonds side in the Poole debacle and said that shit about “breaking the code” or whatever. like I get that sports are a different thing that a typical job but it’s still, at the end of the day, employment, and you simply can’t assault a coworker and suffer no consequences. like i genuinely feel bad for Poole cause dude seemingly forgot how to play basketball after that shit.
Rowhaus 05.13.25	Kerr is every bay area stereotype personified: smarmy, annoying, sanctimonious, irritable and utterly incompetent.
Futures 05.13.25	being sent to the wizards after being assaulted feels personal
unclereich 05.13.25	i cant defend kerr because he's a radical weirdo who would just assume platform the men who killed his father rather than say a bad word about islam, but calling him incompetent is insane
StormChaser 05.13.25	those are some big words but thanks for helping me understand. it's either I'm not from the us and therefore am not hypersensitivized to the whole bay area being irritating thing or just flew over my head. yeah sure he's a leftist and probably woke af and stuff, but i think you guys spend way too much time thinking about politics in general and in this case. who gives a fuck about that? calling a 4x championship coach and team usa's head coach incompetent is a whole other wheelhouse tho
hal1ax 05.13.25	yea i have no idea what jimmy is doing. looks like he doesn't know how to play without steph.
unclereich 05.13.25	Where you from stormchaser?
BigTuna 05.13.25	I have a soft spot for Kerr but mostly because he likes Jurgen Klopp (who you might level with similar criticisms). Kerr is definitely not incompetent. He can be annoying, but I don't think he's radical by any stretch of the imagination.
Futures 05.13.25	yeah i hate klopp too lmao dude's a prick who cries about everything
BigTuna 05.13.25	Klopp cried about the schedule and Paul Tierney. But also you could make an argument that every football manager cries about everything.
Eakflanderyof 05.13.25	Maybe I don't know much about Kerr behind the scenes but his press conferences seem pretty inoffensive and seems like he's being a relatively straight shooter
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	I know you guys are down on the pacers but I gotta be honest they’ve looked like the best team on the floor this whole playoffs.
Hawks 05.14.25	Hell of a comeback from 18 down. Cavs are choking hard though.
hal1ax 05.14.25	totally agree hype.
Futures 05.14.25	which team wants to lose this more!
Hawks 05.14.25	Cavs do lol. What a choke job.
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	this same thing happened to them last year and people chocked it up to inexperience but theyre a better team this year and its the same shit. is atkinson gonna join the hallowed ranks of "wins COTY and gets fired the next season"?
Futures 05.14.25	this is just donovan mitchell teams tbh. he ain't that guy.
Hawks 05.14.25	Haliburton almost singlehandedly won this game. He was the one banging 3s to bring them back.
Hawks 05.14.25	If they win of course lol.
Futures 05.14.25	like when has an inefficient volume scorer been the first option on a title team?
Futures 05.14.25	yikes man
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	adam silver sending the snipers to MSG right now
Futures 05.14.25	thunder knicks lock it in not the worst all things considered i suppose
SteakByrnes 05.14.25	Goodnight Cleveland
hal1ax 05.14.25	id be hype for thunders / knicks tbh
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	im way more hype for pacers Knicks ECF shit is gonna be toxic as hell
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Westbrook is such a clown lol
hal1ax 05.14.25	dude needs to stop shooting 3s good lord
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Just airballed another 3 lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Murray gotta learn when to check himself. Had a great first half but since cooling he's continued to heat check himself for the next quarter and a half leaving people open and taking shitty shots
Futures 05.14.25	very good game
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Everyone except jokic is absolute trash on the nuggets lol
Futures 05.14.25	jokic completely shat his pants in game 3 and got bailed out so it evens out
nash1311 05.14.25	Murray scoring 16 points less than Jokic on 2 more shots with the same amount of FTs is a huge woof lol
unclereich 05.14.25	klay thompson special
nash1311 05.14.25	What’s finally being recognized around the league is that super teams don’t work and depth is necessary. All these top heavy rosters get bounced p quick
SteakByrnes 05.14.25	Denver should've easily had that game but they couldn't make a bucket for like 8 minutes lol, also no clue why they kept Porter in he was doing absolutely nothing
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Porter was so bad he might as well have been playing for okc. What a nightmare contract
Rowhaus 05.14.25	I think we're about to see an OKC-Knicks final
StormChaser 05.14.25	whatever happens i just hope to god that the wolves and pacers don't end up being the matchup, that would suck major balls
nash1311 05.14.25	Yeah Porter looks abysmal for stretches
Rowhaus 05.14.25	Seeing Porter airball that 3 with 30 seconds left was incredible. If I'm the coach he's walking back to the hotel after that lmao
BigTuna 05.14.25	I think the Pacers might beat the Knicks in 6. Everyone is underrating that team.
Rowhaus 05.14.25	There's certainly a possibility of that. I think the Pacers have better odds at beating the Knicks than the Wolves in the WCF matchup. Assuming OKC and Minnesota win, which I think is pretty likely at this point. Denver's put up a lot more fight than I expected tho. The Clippers definitely wore them down, but their experience paid off in clutch time. I still think the young talent and deep bench of OKC will put them over.
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	“whatever happens i just hope to god that the wolves and pacers don't end up being the matchup, that would suck major balls” Adam?
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Lol adam silver probably at least wouldn't hate minnesota as the nba has somewhat pushed ant man to be the face of the league. But I'm sure they'd want a bigger market on the other side like Boston
AlexKzillion 05.14.25	'd be happy with any possible matchup now that the celtics are all but eliminated... especially with the thunder coming down to earth a little. "What’s finally being recognized around the league is that super teams don’t work and depth is necessary. All these top heavy rosters get bounced p quick" think it kinda goes both ways. while the lakers and bucks both got slapped i think its pretty interesting how the thunder (at least vs denver) and rockets have struggled against these top heavy teams despite their depth. if anything i feel like we've been shown the quality of your 8th man doesn't really move the needle in a series against a true superstar like it would in a random game in january. pacers and knicks might have some nice depth but haliburton and brunson have arguably been the two most consistently high performing players this entire playoffs.
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	i would love a pacers wolves finals tbh i feel like that would be way more entertaining than watching shai score 32 points a game going 19/20 at the free throw line
StormChaser 05.14.25	@uncle just saw your comment, i'm from croatia
Hawks 05.14.25	Gotta say, I've never been a huge NBA fan but I've really enjoyed watching these playoffs. Some of the foul calls in basketball drive me nuts but small complaint. Took 33 years but I may finally be starting to enjoy the NBA a bit lol.
Futures 05.14.25	playoff ball is different. it is a shame it's becoming who doesn't get injured though. it will never happen but they need to shrink the regular season. start it on christmas.
Manatea 05.14.25	just stopping by to say that while i hate seeing injured players, watching the celtics collapse to the knicks has been nothing short of breathtaking
Hawks 05.14.25	Yep they'll never do it. They'll never purposely take money out of their pockets lol. The owners/commissioner I mean.
Futures 05.14.25	who do people in pittsburgh root for anyway lol definitely not the sixers right?
Hawks 05.14.25	Absolutely not lol. I don't think they root for anyone tbh lol. Probably just players. I dug the Pistons in the mid 2000s and the Bulls in the early 2010s then I kinda fell out of watching it. But I more dug the players on those teams. Derrick Rose was my guy.
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Yeah playoff ball is completely different. Regular season is honestly kinda boring outside of big games. Soft fouls are called more often and the players don't put as much effort (probably mostly saving themselves from injury and for the postseason since they basically give nearly every team a shot at being in the playoffs making the regular season damn near pointless). I only watch big games during the regular and then watch damn near all the postseason
Hawks 05.14.25	I mean I do have to imagine that it would be hard to go all out for 82 games lol. But I am digging the playoffs. Same with NHL I guess. I love the playoffs. Loved them even more when the Penguins were competing for/winning Stanley Cups lol.
AlexKzillion 05.14.25	"playoff ball is different. it is a shame it's becoming who doesn't get injured though. it will never happen but they need to shrink the regular season. start it on christmas." yeah starting the season on christmas feels like a no brainer. would def be the most effective means of taking christmas back from the nfl as well. should've permanently moved the calendar with the first post-bubble season when they had the chance.
AlexKzillion 05.14.25	spoken on this before but i'd prob be a wizards fan if they had even an ounce of hope (live in the dc area). just don't see the point in attaching myself to them while they're in this state (tho i'll prob bandwagon the second they get good again lmao). when i really got into basketball around 2017-18ish i became a jazz fan, mostly cause i randomly started a 2k franchise with them and mitchell was really cool and ingles/rudy/rubio were all super memeable. pretty much stopped following them after they got embarrassed by the mavs that one year and gobert/mitchell were traded... which also coincided with me not being able to stay up for west coast games anymore due to work.
Futures 05.14.25	idk how people can just bandwagon around lol. i'd feel ashamed choosing a new team every few years. what do the ups mean without the downs? pick one and stick with it or don't! no offense lol
Hyperion1001 05.14.25	i went to a wizards game in 2018 for $12 a ticket and they lost to the hawks lmao
Eakflanderyof 05.14.25	Holy shit a 12 dollar ticket? That's crazy
AlexKzillion 05.14.25	yeah can confirm wizards home tickets are hilariously cheap and a lot of times the staff will let you move down to the lower bowl when it becomes obvious half the arena is empty. i should prob be going way more often than i do currently. saw giannis up close for like $20 a couple years ago "idk how people can just bandwagon around lol. i'd feel ashamed choosing a new team every few years. what do the ups mean without the downs?" haha tbh i've found it kinda hard to manufacture a real emotional connection to a team i wasn't born to be a fan of (dad never cared for the nba, extended family was way more into ncaa). certain iterations of teams sure but once those guys are gone its sorta tough to stay for the long haul, especially in the nba where your best player can force a trade to almost anywhere they want at any time. with that utah team in particular... rumors would swell up every offseason mitchell wanted to go to the knicks eventually, then dude hilariously gets traded to fucking cleveland of all cities but is on (what was supposed to be) a championship caliber team and there are still rumors he wants to go to the knicks lmao. just hard to get invested in a team when so much of the top guys think this way.
Futures 05.15.25	yeah i do hate nba fan culture lol don't really see that in the nfl
Eakflanderyof 05.15.25	NBA fans can be a pretty low iq bunch honestly. A whole lot of "well he can't be great because he DoNt HaVe No RiNgS" You see that with nfl fans though too like it's not a team sport
Futures 05.15.25	eh i think bandwagoning and following certain players is way way more common in the nba. there aren't bronsexuals for the nfl lol and the consistent need to talk about narratives like a soap opera makes most nba discussion unbearable. almost never hear x's and o's talk on tv lol
hal1ax 05.15.25	im actually not sure if id be willing to pay $12 to see the wizards lol.
Eakflanderyof 05.15.25	For the nfl, it really seems to happen with QBs the most. Like these troglodytes think a great QB can single handedly will a shit team to the chip. And if you don't get one or only get one it's because you're dogshit and not for a potential plethora of other shortcomings a giant nfl roster can have lol
hal1ax 05.15.25	boston needs tingus pingus to show up
Hawks 05.15.25	Jaylen Brown and Derrick White the only ones keeping Boston in this game.
Hyperion1001 05.15.25	if the Knicks choke this away i will never forgive them
Hawks 05.15.25	Can't believe it ended up being a 25 point loss for the Knicks lol.
nash1311 05.15.25	Knicks gonna Knick. They’ll prob close it out in MSG. No idea what happens if it goes 7 lol
Hawks 05.15.25	Wolves looking in sync tonight.
Muppelope 05.15.25	Yay go wolves
YoYoMancuso 05.15.25	AWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO
Muppelope 05.15.25	You from Minnesota YoYo?
YoYoMancuso 05.15.25	no i root for Detroit teams in every other sport lmao
Muppelope 05.15.25	Lol I see, well we're happy to have ya.
Above 05.15.25	been a mavs fan since i was born, this whole year has been fucked. i'm rooting for Brunson
Eakflanderyof 05.15.25	Anthony Edwards will get all the credit but Randle really been the anchor this series for them
YoYoMancuso 05.15.25	BACK TO BACK WCF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY PEEPEE
Hawks 05.15.25	Randle has been their best player agreed.
hal1ax 05.15.25	if knicks blow this against a tatum-less celtics im gonna lose it
Hyperion1001 05.15.25	hell yeah go wolves! also i guess pat riley was right about jimmy “not getting” buckets lmao
AlexKzillion 05.15.25	serious question: could the celtics actually still make it through the east without tatum? hard to comeback down 3-1 but its fair to note tatum was awful in this series besides the game he got hurt and was pretty clearly not their best player in the playoffs last year either. yes i'm prob overreacting to a dead cat bounce but what if i'm not huh?
Hyperion1001 05.15.25	Tatum was never that guy and never will be. replace him with at minimum 15 players in the league and they still win last year.
StormChaser 05.15.25	i hope whoever the wolves meet in the next round will piss on them so hard. such an unlikable team it pained me to watch randle smiling, looked painful for him doing it too. god i hope they get absolutely destroyed. and yes i am a salty dubs fan, but i didn't have any illusions about winning after steph went down, and wouldn't have even hated if houston beat us, but this fucking bunch of bozos need to go down hard agreed 100% about tatum Hype
Eakflanderyof 05.15.25	Idk houston is a way less likeable team to me outside of Steven Adams and maybe vanvleet
Hawks 05.15.25	I love good ole Steven Adams!!! Pitt guy!
SteakByrnes 05.15.25	Steven Adams is the goat dude I love that guy
StormChaser 05.15.25	love adams, thompson, vanvleet is a hard nosed vet, like sengun's game even tho he's a pussy. tari eason's fun too. lots to like there
Rowhaus 05.15.25	I'm just surprised the dubs couldn't get a single win without Curry. Honestly felt bad for him having to sit and watch that. Playoff Jimmy went on vacation early.
Muppelope 05.15.25	Storm I also get unreasonably angry whenever I see someone smiling so I get it
0GuyMan0 05.15.25	This playoffs has brought me back. I'm a lifelong NBA fan. I watched Bird play on TV with my grandparents, was captivated by Shaq and especially Penny, heart torn out by goddamn Jordan and was all-in up until like 2022. The regular season is rough to watch now, imo, and especially the all-star games have soured the sport I love. But man there's just so many exciting teams now. I'm falling for these Pacers.
StormChaser 05.15.25	it's not people, it's randle specifically. dude is the epitome of moping and bad body language and to see him being hyped and like "i got this" all of a sudden really got me hot because he's not that dude. he was, however, absolutely fantastic against us and huge props to him, just want to see the team demolished and him humiliated after he balled and boastwd against us as he did
Muppelope 05.15.25	I'm happy to see him with some confidence. Seems like a decent dude in interviews and stuff, and has just struggled to find where he fits in. I get that. Never paid attention to him prior to coming to the wolves, but I'm glad to see him again some confidence and feel like he can be a meaningful contributor over the past few months here. To each their own. I can understand where you're coming from. I hate Luka purely off body language and on-court bullshit so I really can understand it. I'm certainly not unbiased here.
StormChaser 05.15.25	i just find it weaksauce he's doing it on a curryless warriors team is all ig
Muppelope 05.15.25	What, you want him to take pity on the Dubs cuz Steph got injured? I don't think that should matter at all.
StormChaser 05.15.25	ofc not, he did what he shoudl've like i said he was great. just mean the boasting bit and the whole act. don't mind me tho the salt is strong with me still
nash1311 05.15.25	Hope the wolves and Pacers get walloped agreed. Would be hilarious actually if Celtics still won without Tatum
Muppelope 05.15.25	Nah you're all good my guy.
Futures 05.15.25	anyone else see the gilbert arenas/javaris crittenton incident doc? thought it was really interesting and well told. shifts focus well. knew the main beats but not the specifics. might be the first time the whole story is out there? arenas was one of my fav players growing up. but man he's still the same immature clown who never grew up. even though i would despise spending anytime with a guy like him he's so entertaining and funny that i can't help but still like him to an extent. that locker room being a real thing led by a star player is insanity and just straight out of a comedy movie. crittenton is just a sad tragedy all around and seems like he hasn't learned much either somehow. and shoutout swaggy p looking perpetually blazed out of his mind. an interesting look at people though. i definitely recommend it.